Cyber Bullying - Cyber SafetyWhat you can do to keep your child safe

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What is Cyber

Bullying?

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What is Cyber Safety?

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Catholic Education Office, Wollongong – RE and Learning Services – MW

Some Statistics

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and perspective

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Catholic Education Office, Wollongong – RE and Learning Services – MW

Type of Cyberbullies

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What to do if you are Cyberbullied

Preserve evidence

Stop or remove the material

Identify the Bully and talk to them

In extreme cases contact the Police

Schools - Contact the parents of the student and request their assistance in resolving the matter.

For Parents

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Would you say it face to face?

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What to do if you are Cyberbullied

Donʼt reply to abusive messages, that may only encourage thebully.

Keep a record of events/messages or pictures

Think before you send pictures of someone via email, or mobile phone, they can spread far beyond your circle of friends.

If you receive a rude image or text about someone else do not forward it

You have a right not to be harassed and bullied online, make sure youtell someone.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Donʼt let anyone else use it.

For Students

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Cyber Safety

Why?

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Why?

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Staying Safe Social Networking

4 Key Safety Issues

Flirty NicknamesFlirty PhotosListing a SurnameListing a Mobile Number

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Target Shopping?

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Residence Locator?

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Catholic Education Office, Wollongong – RE and Learning Services – MW

Think before you post

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Messaging

• 71% of teens (ages 13-17) reported receiving messages online from people they don’t know

Research from the National Center for Missing &

Exploited Children found

• 40% reported that they would usually reply and chat with that person

• 30% considered meeting someone that they have only talked to online

• 14% have actually had such an encounter (9% of 13- to 15-year-olds)

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Think before you post

• Talk to your child about their account and actions

• Show them educational movies

• Ask them to block users they don’t know

• Visit netalert.com.au

What can you do?

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How do we protect your child at school?

• Email Filtering

• www filtering

• Blocking

• History

• Tracking

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Catholic Education Office, Wollongong – RE and Learning Services – MW

Catholic Education Office, Wollongong – RE and Learning Services – MW

Where can you go for help?

http://thebigquestion.edublogs.org/

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Resources

Image: 'MobilePhone'

www.flickr.com/photos/8935385@N02/567270484

Image: 'firegirl'

www.flickr.com/photos/95713476@N00/5602167

Children & Cyberbullying 2007

http://www.slideshare.net/robslides/children-cyberbullying-2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/themonk/234455696/sizes/o/

www.kidscape.org.uk/assets/downloads/conference091104/MaryLouiseMorris-Cyberbullying.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkeefe/1457984966/sizes/o/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/29039456_7514623a34_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69108241@N00/179642445/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mugley/2167036107/sizes/o/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mzn37/2802221141/sizes/o/

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